You might be thinking, "Advocacy isn't for me!" Yet, there are many ways you can make a difference. Join NCTE in celebrating Literacy Education Advocacy Month by doing just one little thing to support literacy education in March or April.
MARCH
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Review NCTE's Literacy Education Advocacy Calendar for March |
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Send the Literacy Education Advocacy Calendar
to a colleague | 17
Read NCTE's 2009 Legislative Platform | 18
Send the Legislative Platform to a colleague | 19
Watch your local newspaper for stories that resonate with the Legislative Platform | 20
Forward links to the stories you find to NCTE |
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Look up all of your elected officials (local to national) on Congress.org | 24
Note those elected officials whose issues align with the Legislative Platform | 25
Find the contact information for the home offices of your Members of Congress | 26
Add your
Members of Congress to your address book | 27
Register for NCTE's Literacy Education Advocacy Day |
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Send details about Literacy Education Advocacy Day to a colleague | 31
Call the home offices of your Members of Congress to schedule a visit while they're at home April 6-17 | 1
Think of a story describing how your students and your teaching are represented in the Platform
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Share your story with a colleague and with NCTE
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Read our tips on visting your Member of Congress while they're at home |
The rest of the April calendar will be posted soon. Do you have suggestions of activities that we could include? Please send them to us via the comments box below!.